Gadgets: Study Identifies Plasma Formation as a Pseudostreamer

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Study Identifies Plasma Formation as a Pseudostreamer

ESA's Solar Orbiter recorded a giant plasma structure extending millions of kilometres from the Sun's surface. The footage, taken on October 12, 2022, shows a swirling motion in the solar wind, a phenomenon never observed before. Scientists identified the formation as a pseudostreamer caused by a solar flare near the Sun's north pole. The plasma structure lasted...

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